Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-06-10
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Written and compiled for the HERALD.
WASHINGTON. June B, 'S7.

The soldiers of the National Drill
have folded their tents and march
ed away to the strains of their own
thrillingm music, and in consequence,
the Capital City is not so gay as
last week, and many OF our bonny
bellies, with lovelorn signs and
misty eyes, pine over the lost hopes
and opportunities for conquest of
those few fleeing days, while num-
bers of the visiting troops have
been totally vanquished by the
charms of the fair ones. Except in
financial sense, the Drill was
quite successful. The deficit is
from $4,000 to $4,000. The man.
ayers counted on an average at
tendance of 10000 though 1t was
5000 or less. Some propose to
make the drill permanent by hav-
ing one every year, and it is hoped
the project will materialize. If
there be another, we trust the Con-
federate Democratic South will
send liberal progressive men here.
Ablefinanciers, with goodreason,
predict a financial crisis when the
movement of the present crops be-
Gin, based upon the fact that with
in the past year, the New York
banks have increased their rate
of interest from 2 per cent to 8 per
cent, while their reserve surplus
has very largely decreased, and al
so, upon the further facts, that the
immense surplus in the Federal
treasury continues to rapidly accu-
mulate, without any relief from the
burdensome taxes exacted from the
people. Thus, at the end of two
years, we are sensibly feeling the
benefits to business and public pol
icy of a refOrm() Democratic Adj
ministration. Really, Uncle Sam is
so seriously ill from his nauseous
dose of Democracy that it is highly
probable an extra session of Con-
gress will have to be called early
next fall to administer an antidote.
The recent death of Maj. Ben
Perley POOre, the pioneer Wash
ington newspaper correspondent,
removed a familiar and prominent
figure from the Capital. For forty
five years he has been intimately
associated with the great states
men of the country, from Clay and
Calhoun to Blaine and Lamar-he
having been for twenty-five years
clerk of the Senate Printing Com
mittee, years after he had become
a leading journalist.
Decoration Day was observed
with unusual eclat,-the soldiers of
the National Drill acting as escort
to the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie. For the first time, the grave
of that gallant hero and patriot,
John A. Logan-he who instituted
this glorious day-was buried by
loving hands in a mass of beautiful
flowers, only five months after he
had surrendered his noble soul.
There is still much speculation
as to who will fill the vacancy on
the Supreme Bench. The place is
by common consent conceded to the
South. There is but one certainty
about it,-Garland, the Cabinent
member, who long since was prom
Used the first vacancy, will not get
it, since his corrupt connection with
the Pan Electric Telephone Com
pany has been disclosed, for he
now says he will not have it, which
means he cannot getit, as the Pres
ident, with all his bulldog courage,
could not afford to run the risk of
wrecking his Administration by
decking the Supreme Court with
such a malOdorous Garland.